i noticed in that thread people said they got thei cydia and when they clicked it it opened for a brief second then closed back to spring board..that's what mine did when i tried fixing it the first time like last week
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Cydia disappeared on my 4s!!
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I would install MobileTerminal using iFile and then install Cydia by logging in as root and running:
Your problem last week was that you weren't actually installing the thing, just copying the installer. As I said before, you have to run the install command from the command prompt.
Maybe you should read a basic tutorial on working with a POSIX command prompt.
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apt-get install CydiaYour problem last week was that you weren't actually installing the thing, just copying the installer. As I said before, you have to run the install command from the command prompt.
Maybe you should read a basic tutorial on working with a POSIX command prompt.
is mobile terminal on my PC? i thought i tried followed your steps but i didn't know where to install it
As I said before, you have to run the install command from a command prompt. You can do it in MobileTerminal on your phone or you can login to your phone remotely Using a utility such as PuTTY on your PC. Either way, you'll need to know how to enter the command at a prompt. This is not something you can do just be dragging and dropping files.
i was putting mobileterminal on my PC and it wasn't opening, or didn't know what to open with
MobileTerminal is an iPhone app. You need to install it on your iPhone. Just browse to the link I gave you in MobileSafari and click to download. It should ask you if you want to open it with iFile. Open it and iFile will offer you options for opening it. Choose "Install.". When it is finished installing reboot. Then open MobileTerminal and enter the following commands at the prompt:
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login root [enter password when prompted; the default is 'alpine'
apt-get update
apt-get install Cydiado you have paypal i wanna give u a few bucks whether it works or not. you're helpful around here
all day i have not been able to log in. i use log in root and then asks for password then it won't even let me type
This using winSCP?
I assume you on a home network using wifi?
Turn on wifi on your iPhone, turn on ssh via sbsettings. I assume you have sbsettings as well as openssh installed on your iPhone?
On your pc open winSCP, click new, host name enter the ipaddress your iPhone is using on the home network, port number by default is 22, user name is root, password is by default alpine... click login...
Once in click Commands tab and from the drop down menu click open terminal... In the enter command box type apt-get remove cydia and click execute...
Then in the enter command box type apt-get install cydia and click execute....
Done....
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It won't show that you're typing a password. The cursor won't move either. It's a security feature in unix-like OSes. Just type alpine and hit return and it should work.
i did everything but i was getting error 256 and i thought it said not everything needed for cydia to install was there
I can do nothing for you without accurate information. There is a reason try give you error messages, after all. You need to give me the exact error message, not what you "thought it said."
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Took a screen shot. I'd like to PayPal you $10 whether u get mine working or not. I know it's not much but you're always helpful to ppl and that's rare. If everyone helped when they could the world would be a better place...also why is mobile terminal needed? And not just installer.
Instead of installing it from a local files using iFile, use the following commands to install from MobileTerminal using apt. Unlike dpkg, apt can retrieve and install the dependencies for you automatically.
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login root [enter password when prompted; the default is 'alpine'
apt-get update
apt-get install Cydia